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SC: Executive order to stop abortion funding defends life of unborn babies

The Hill: Last week, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed an executive order to stop public funds from flowing to the abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood.

The order communicates a powerful message about the values of the people of South Carolina. Right up front, it cites the state’s “strong culture and longstanding tradition of protecting and defending the life and liberty of the unborn.”

Planned Parenthood alone violently ends the lives of more than 320,000 unborn children a year. They do not do any mammograms and nationally they are not a significant provider of prenatal care, cancer treatment, HIV tests, or other kinds of primary care. However, they do account for more than 35 percent of the national market for abortion. In that regard, they are peerless.

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